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Author Winkler, H. Donald, 1932-

Title Stealing secrets : how a few daring women deceived generals, impacted battles, and altered the course of the Civil War / H. Donald Winkler.

Imprint Naperville, Ill. : Cumberland House, c2010.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  973.7082 W729s 2010    ---  Available
Description xv, 334 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-318) and index.
Contents Rebel queen of Washington spies : Rose Greenhow -- Vanished without a trace : Sarah Slater -- "Singing as sweetly as ever" : Olivia Floyd -- Grant's most valuable Richmond spy : Elizabeth Van Lew -- The spy who saved ships : Elizabeth Baker -- Double trouble sister act : Ginnie and Lottie Moon -- The perils of Pauline : Pauline Cushman -- The heroine of Winchester : Rebecca Wright -- A glorious consummation : Harriet Tubman -- A teenage terrorist : Nancy Hart -- "No sacrifice too great" : Antonia Ford and Laura Ratcliffe -- Mosby's Merry Christmas : Roberta Pollock -- A secesh Cleopatra : Belle Boyd -- The clever masquerader : Emma Edmonds -- Trapped in a sting operation : Clara Judd -- Sarah's deadly revenge : Sarah Lane Thompson -- Hired to find herself : Loreta Velazquez -- Beyond the call of duty : more heroines -- Did she die for their sins? : Mary Surratt.
Subject United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, Female.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Secret service.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography.
Women spies -- United States -- Biography.
Women spies -- Confederate States of America -- Biography.
United States -- History -- 1861-1865, Civil War -- Women.
ISBN 9781402242748 (pbk.)
1402242743 (pbk.)

 
    
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